The soldiers standing on the city wall are tall and strong, with fierce expressions and emotionless faces, snapping their whips and harshly rebuking the sluggish commoners.
A tall, dark-skinned military general walked up the city wall, his gaze sweeping coldly over the scene.
"General Lu," a personal soldier came over and reported in a low voice, "I asked around, three died today."
The commoners captured to build the city wall are mostly able-bodied men. Every day, they are given only one coarse bun and a bowl of cold water, and it's the dead of winter, doing the heaviest labor. It's hard to say whether more are starving, dying from exhaustion, or getting crushed to death. In any case, several bodies need to be carried out every day.
The General Lu mentioned by the personal soldier is indeed the main general of the Yu State Army. However, since Zheng Chen arrived, General Lu has voluntarily stepped back to the second position.
